Stories Related to Local Man Restoring Historic Forest Church To Its Former Glory

Between the years of 1936 and 1956, Mary Ellen Gallaher and her family made a quarter-of-a-mile trek up the hill on Coffee Road to Mount Carmel United Methodist Church every Sunday.

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